Members phkrause Posted May 14 Members Posted May 14 🏘️ Charted: Vanishing neighbors Reproduced from AEI. Chart: Axios Visuals Americans — especially young adults — are increasingly unlikely to socialize with neighbors living feet away, Axios' Josephine Walker writes. In 2012, 51% of young Americans regularly engaged with neighbors, according to a new AEI report. Today, that number has plummeted to 25%. Across all ages, 59% of Americans chatted with neighbors a few times per week in 2012 — a number that fell to 40% last year. 💡 What happened: Daniel Cox, lead report researcher and director of the Survey Center on American Life at AEI, tells Axios that technology deserves some of the blame. "In the previous generation, if you sat around your apartment long enough, you started to go stir-crazy, and that would often compel people to go out," he said. Keep reading … Read the report. Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
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